Budgetrac Real Estate Developer Software

Budgetrac is a cloud-based, comprehensive construction and real estate development solution specifically for real estate developers. Budgetrac is designed for small- to large-scale development projects and portfolios. Key features include project pro forma budgets, operational budgets, predevelopment costs, final funding, project control and financial reporting.

Budgetrac enables users to automate multiple budget iterations and commitments tracking. at any point in the project’s life cycle, users can generate real-time reports on budgets, commitments, costs and cost at completion.

Budgetrac’s loan draw feature enables users to control all aspects of the funding process, including loan draws, capital contributions and equity tracking. Users can meet the reporting requirements for each lender, yet maintain an internal standard set of cost codes. Budgetrac also includes a CRM feature made for real estate development.

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The software does not require an IT genius to repair if there are issues. I can pretty much go into the system and fix records that are damaged or missing with out calling Budgetrac support. I like that.

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ease of use. It does what I need for a small contractor as well as record keeping for draw processes. The download into excel capabilities is very useful as well as pdf to send to others.

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the Financial statement setup is a bit cumbersome and became too much work to program. I dump the information into excel and modify it that way for presentation purposes.

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Customer service is a big plus. I like that it is specifically geared towards our business. Existing reports are comprehensive and usually will cover any needs, but you also have the ability to create custom reports.

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Very good for loan draws which is important as a developer. Very easy to separate development budgets into multiple phases, or consolidate, as preferred by lender, partner, owners, etc. Most software marketed to real estate is intended for builders and is overly complicated. This programs gives us what we need and is a great bargain. The customer service is great and they are very quick to solve any issues or questions that come up.

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Property management module is probably the least flushed out; however, after using if a couple of years, it is adequate for our use. We tend to not hold onto properties for a long time so the shortcomings do not hurt us. Could use better documentation on this module and custom reports, but overall it works well for our purposes.

Our Picks for the Best Property Management Software

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From there our task was simple: Figure out what property management software had the right features, and then see which were the easiest to use.

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BudgeTrac is a joke. They lie. They steal. And now they're hiding.

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Tried serving papers to them to sue to get our money back (that they agreed in writing they owed us) - but they've disappeared. Certified mail to the address still listed on their website is returned - left with no forwarding address. Tried several other addresses I found online, but those are returned as well. Emails are ignored. Phone calls get through to a machine, but messages are not answered. They promise refunds of prepaid license fees, but won't ever actually do it.

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I found this product to really be amazing. Prior to this, we ran our whole rental management and investment business off of excel worksheets. Sure this works, but when you expand you have nothing but headaches. The great part of this company is that it also has software for renovation/real estate development which makes it easier to work with one partner.

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I love the usability and easiness of use of this product. It is simple to learn and easy to maintain. Cuts out a lot of repititive tasks.

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I would invest into a quality product, ex: budgetrac, when starting your business and not just growing it to save on headaches down the road.

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BudgeTrac Software Review

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I have used BudgeTrac for about 10 years and it has allowed me to track all aspects of a construction project. The software is very detailed and has many capabilities. The accounting component easily exports into our Skyline software.

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The level of detail the program allows for you to utilize. The multiple modules gives you many options for a project.

Shelby from University of California, at Davis
Specialty: Home builder - custom

August 2015

August 2015

Budgetrac for the Construction professional

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I found Budgetrac very user friendly. I utilized Budgetrac on a daily basis in my role as Purchasing Coordinator for a Custom Home builder.

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There really isn't anything about Budgetrac that I didn't like. It worked great for what I needed it to do. I processed many subcontract agreements and with that there was a lot of budget related tasks that I used Budgetrac for.

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I would recommend familiarizing yourself with the different modules so that you get the most optimization of the software.

Budgetrac works well for tracking construction and maintenance costs.

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Budgetrac is easy to work in, not a complicated system. If we did run into a problem with something we were able to call support and resolve our problem in a timely manner. There is also a payroll module, not all programs include payroll.

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The only thing I wish the program could do is to pull a report with hours on a job for a specific time period. The system will pull hours but it is from the start of the job

Review Source: Capterra

Adam from Highland Development Ventures, LLC

February 2016

February 2016

As of Jan 2016 the software is still in beta version -full of errors and NOT useable.

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I've used Yardi, Argus, and host of complicated softwares. I mention this to let you know that this is not a user issue. Budgetrac is full of errors. For instance, a $363,000 payment with 10% retainage, it correctly shows retainage at $36,300, but instead of a payment of $326,700 Budgetrac made it for $294,000. In addition to math errors, phantom payments appear in expense reports, while some payments are dropped. Invoices often lockup and you can't delete or correct them before they are processed. Often invoices aren't "posted" which is required for the rest of the system to recognize them. Although they have a Customer Service number, they don't have any personnel - except for the implementation person, who is your only contact and you could wait over a week for him to respond. After 4 months of hearing promises of Budgetrac is correcting the system in the next upgrade, I finally asked for a refund - at which point they went quiet. I eventually had an attorney contact them at which point they offered a percent refund of my investment if I promised not to disclose all the problems I encountered. I didn't accept the offer.

Review Source: Capterra

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